Psalms 119
1 ALEPH. Blessed are the perfect in the way, who walk in the law of Jehovah.
[ALEPH] O the blessedness of those perfect in the way, They are walking in the Law of YHWH,
2 Blessed are they that observe his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart;
O the blessedness of those keeping His testimonies, They seek Him with the whole heart.
3 Who also do no unrighteousness: they walk in his ways.
Indeed, they have not done iniquity, They have walked in His ways.
4 Thou hast enjoined thy precepts, to be kept diligently.
You have commanded us to diligently keep Your precepts,
5 Oh that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
O that my ways were prepared to keep Your statutes,
6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Then I am not ashamed In my looking to all Your commands.
7 I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
I confess You with uprightness of heart, In my learning the judgments of Your righteousness.
8 I will keep thy statutes: forsake me not utterly.
I keep Your statutes, do not utterly leave me!
9 BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his path? by taking heed according to thy word.
[BETH] With what does a young man purify his path? To observe—according to Your word.
10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandments.
I have sought You with all my heart, Do not let me err from Your commands.
11 Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee.
I have hid Your saying in my heart, That I do not sin before You.
12 Blessed art thou, Jehovah! teach me thy statutes.
Blessed [are] You, O YHWH, teach me Your statutes.
13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
With my lips I have recounted All the judgments of Your mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all wealth.
I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As over all wealth.
15 I will meditate upon thy precepts, and have respect unto thy paths.
I meditate on Your precepts, And I attentively behold Your paths.
16 I delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.
I delight myself in Your statutes, I do not forget Your word.
17 GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant [and] I shall live; and I will keep thy word.
[GIMEL] Confer benefits on Your servant, I live, and I keep Your word.
18 Open mine eyes, and I shall behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Uncover my eyes, and I behold wonders out of Your law.
19 I am a stranger in the land; hide not thy commandments from me.
I [am] a sojourner on earth, Do not hide Your commands from me.
20 My soul breaketh for longing after thy judgments at all times.
My soul has broken for desire To Your judgments at all times.
21 Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, who wander from thy commandments.
You have rebuked the cursed proud, Who are erring from Your commands.
22 Roll off from me reproach and contempt; for I observe thy testimonies.
Remove reproach and contempt from me, For I have kept Your testimonies.
23 Princes also did sit [and] talk together against me: thy servant doth meditate in thy statutes.
Princes also sat—they spoke against me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes,
24 Thy testimonies also are my delight [and] my counsellors.
Your testimonies [are] also my delight, The men of my counsel!
25 DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken me according to thy word.
[DALETH] My soul has cleaved to the dust, Quicken me according to Your word.
26 I have declared my ways, and thou hast answered me: teach me thy statutes.
I have recounted my ways, And You answer me, teach me Your statutes,
27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts, and I will meditate upon thy wondrous works.
Cause me to understand the way of Your precepts, And I meditate on Your wonders.
28 My soul melteth for sadness: strengthen me according to thy word.
My soul has dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Your word.
29 Remove from me the way of falsehood, and graciously grant me thy law.
Turn aside the way of falsehood from me And favor me with Your law.
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness; thy judgments have I set [before me].
I have chosen the way of faithfulness, I have compared Your judgments,
31 I cleave unto thy testimonies; Jehovah, let me not be ashamed.
I have adhered to Your testimonies, O YHWH, do not put me to shame.
32 I will run the way of thy commandments when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
I run the way of Your commands, For You enlarge my heart!
33 HE. Teach me, O Jehovah, the way of thy statutes, and I will observe it [unto] the end.
[HE] Show me, O YHWH, the way of Your statutes, And I keep it—[to] the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I will observe thy law; and I will keep it with [my] whole heart.
Cause me to understand, and I keep Your law, And observe it with the whole heart.
35 Make me to walk in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
Cause me to tread in the path of Your commands, For I have delighted in it.
36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to gain.
Incline my heart to Your testimonies, And not to dishonest gain.
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; quicken me in thy way.
Remove my eyes from seeing vanity, Quicken me in Your way.
38 Establish thy word unto thy servant, who is [devoted] to thy fear.
Establish Your saying to Your servant, That [is] concerning Your fear.
39 Turn away my reproach which I fear; for thy judgments are good.
Remove my reproach that I have feared, For Your judgments [are] good.
40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
Behold, I have longed for Your precepts, Quicken me in Your righteousness,
41 VAU. And let thy loving-kindness come unto me, O Jehovah, — thy salvation according to thy word.
[WAW] And Your kindness meets me, O YHWH, Your salvation according to Your saying.
42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me; for I confide in thy word.
And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Your word.
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; because I have hoped in thy judgments.
And You do not utterly take away The word of truth from my mouth, Because I have hoped for Your judgment.
44 Then will I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever;
And I keep Your law continually, For all time and forever.
45 And I will walk at liberty, for I have sought thy precepts;
And I habitually walk in a broad place, For I have sought Your precepts.
46 And I will speak of thy testimonies before kings, and will not be ashamed;
And I speak of Your testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved;
And I delight myself in Your commands, That I have loved,
48 And I will lift up my hands unto thy commandments, which I have loved, and I will meditate in thy statutes.
And I lift up my hands to Your commands, That I have loved, And I meditate on Your statutes!
49 ZAIN. Remember the word for thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
[ZAYIN] Remember the word to Your servant, On which You have caused me to hope.
50 This is my comfort in mine affliction; for thy word hath quickened me.
This [is] my comfort in my affliction, That Your saying has quickened me.
51 The proud have derided me beyond measure: I have not declined from thy law.
The proud have utterly scorned me, I have not turned aside from Your law.
52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O Jehovah, and have comforted myself.
I remembered Your judgments of old, O YHWH, And I comfort myself.
53 Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked who forsake thy law.
Horror has seized me, Because of the wicked forsaking Your law.
54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
Your statutes have been songs to me, In the house of my sojournings.
55 I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, and have kept thy law.
I have remembered Your Name in the night, O YHWH, And I keep Your law.
56 This I have had, because I have observed thy precepts.
This has been to me, That I have kept Your precepts!
57 CHETH. My portion, O Jehovah, I have said, is to keep thy words.
[HETH] YHWH [is] my portion; I have said I would keep Your words,
58 I have sought thy favour with [my] whole heart: be gracious unto me according to thy word.
I appeased Your face with the whole heart, Favor me according to Your saying.
59 I have thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet to Your testimonies.
60 I have made haste, and not delayed, to keep thy commandments.
I have made haste, And did not delay, to keep Your commands.
61 The bands of the wicked have wrapped me round: I have not forgotten thy law.
Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, I have not forgotten Your law.
62 At midnight I rise up to give thanks unto thee, because of thy righteous judgments.
At midnight I rise to give thanks to You, For the judgments of Your righteousness.
63 I am the companion of all that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
I [am] a companion to all who fear You, And to those keeping Your precepts.
64 The earth, O Jehovah, is full of thy loving-kindness: teach me thy statutes.
Of Your kindness, O YHWH, the earth is full, Teach me Your statutes!
65 TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O Jehovah, according to thy word.
[TETH] You did good with Your servant, O YHWH, According to Your word.
66 Teach me good discernment and knowledge; for I have believed in thy commandments.
Teach me the goodness of reason and knowledge, For I have believed in Your commands.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep thy word.
Before I am afflicted, I am erring, And now I have kept Your saying.
68 Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
You [are] good, and doing good, Teach me Your statutes.
69 The proud have forged falsehood against me: I will observe thy precepts with [my] whole heart.
The proud have forged falsehood against me, I keep Your precepts with the whole heart.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease: as for me, I delight in thy law.
Their heart has been thick as fat, I have delighted in Your law.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.
[It is] good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Your statutes.
72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
The Law of Your mouth [is] better to me Than thousands of gold and silver!
73 YOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, and I will learn thy commandments.
[YOD] Your hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Your commands.
74 They that fear thee will see me, and rejoice; because I have hoped in thy word.
Those fearing You see me and rejoice, Because I have hoped for Your word.
75 I know, Jehovah, that thy Judgments are righteousness, and that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.
I have known, O YHWH, That Your judgments [are] righteous, And [in] faithfulness You have afflicted me.
76 Oh let thy loving-kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
Please let Your kindness be to comfort me, According to Your saying to Your servant.
77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; for thy law is my delight.
Your mercies meet me, and I live, For Your law [is] my delight.
78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they have acted perversely towards me with falsehood: as for me, I meditate in thy precepts.
The proud are ashamed, For [with] falsehood they dealt perversely with me. I meditate on Your precepts.
79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that know thy testimonies.
Those fearing You turn back to me, And those knowing Your testimonies.
80 Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes, that I be not ashamed.
My heart is perfect in Your statutes, So that I am not ashamed.
81 CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.
[KAPH] My soul has been consumed for Your salvation, I have hoped for Your word.
82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
My eyes have been consumed for Your word, Saying, “When does it comfort me?”
83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes.
For I have been as a bottle in smoke, I have not forgotten Your statutes.
84 How many shall be the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
How many [are] the days of Your servant? When do You execute judgment Against my pursuers?
85 The proud have digged pits for me, which is not according to thy law.
The proud have dug pits for me, That [are] not according to Your law.
86 All thy commandments are faithfulness. They persecute me wrongfully: help thou me.
All Your commands [are] faithfulness, They have pursued me [with] falsehood, Help me.
87 They had almost consumed me upon the earth; but as for me, I forsook not thy precepts.
They have almost consumed me on earth, And I have not forsaken Your precepts.
88 Quicken me according to thy loving-kindness, and I will keep the testimony of thy mouth.
Quicken me according to Your kindness, And I keep the Testimony of Your mouth!
89 LAMED. For ever, O Jehovah, thy word is settled in the heavens.
[LAMED] For all time, O YHWH, Your word is set up in the heavens.
90 Thy faithfulness is from generation to generation: thou hast established the earth, and it standeth.
Your faithfulness from generation to generation, You established earth, and it stands.
91 By thine ordinances they stand this day; for all things are thy servants.
According to Your ordinances They have stood this day, for the whole—Your servants.
92 Unless thy law had been my delight, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
Unless Your law [were] my delights, Then had I perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget thy precepts; for by them thou hast quickened me.
I do not forget Your precepts for all time, For You have quickened me by them.
94 I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
I [am] Yours, save me, for I have sought Your precepts.
95 The wicked have awaited me to destroy me; [but] I attend unto thy testimonies.
Your wicked waited for me to destroy me, I understand Your testimonies.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection: thy commandment is exceeding broad.
I have seen an end of all perfection, Your command [is] exceedingly broad!
97 MEM. Oh how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
[MEM] O how I have loved Your law! It [is] my meditation all the day.
98 Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; for they are ever with me.
Your command makes me wiser than my enemies, For it [is] before me for all time.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my (meditation)
I have acted wisely above all my teachers. For Your testimonies [are] my (meditation)
100 I understand more than the aged, because I have observed thy precepts.
Above elderly—I understand more, For I have kept Your precepts.
101 I have refrained my feet from every evil path, that I might keep thy word.
I restrained my feet from every evil path, So that I keep Your word.
102 I have not departed from thy judgments; for it is thou that hast taught me.
I did not turn aside from Your judgments, For You have directed me.
103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! more than honey to my mouth!
How sweet Your saying has been to my palate, Above honey to my mouth.
104 From thy precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false path.
I have understanding from Your precepts, Therefore I have hated every false path!
105 NUN. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
[NUN] Your word [is] a lamp to my foot, And a light to my path.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
I have sworn, and I confirm, To keep the judgments of Your righteousness.
107 I am afflicted very much; O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy word.
I have been afflicted very much, O YHWH, quicken me, according to Your word.
108 Accept, I beseech thee, Jehovah, the voluntary-offerings of my mouth, and teach me thy judgments.
Please accept [the] free-will offerings of my mouth, O YHWH, And teach me Your judgments.
109 My life is continually in my hand; but I do not forget thy law.
My soul [is] in my hand continually, And I have not forgotten Your law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me; but I have not wandered from thy precepts.
The wicked have laid a snare for me, And I did not wander from your precepts.
111 Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
I have inherited Your testimonies for all time, For they [are] the joy of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform thy statutes for ever, unto the end.
I have inclined my heart To do Your statutes, for all time—[to] the end!
113 SAMECH. The double-minded have I hated; but thy law do I love.
[SAMEKH] I have hated doubting ones, And I have loved Your law.
114 Thou art my hiding-place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
You [are] my hiding place and my shield, I have hoped for Your word.
115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers; and I will observe the commandments of my God.
Turn aside from me, you evildoers, And I keep the commands of my God.
116 Uphold me according to thy word, that I may live; and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
Sustain me according to Your saying, And I live, and You do not put me to shame because of my hope.
117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe; and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
Support me, and I am saved, And I look on Your statutes continually.
118 Thou hast set at nought all them that wander from thy statutes; for their deceit is falsehood.
You have trodden down All going astray from Your statutes, For their deceit [is] falsehood.
119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross; therefore I love thy testimonies.
Dross! You have caused to cease All the wicked of the earth; Therefore I have loved Your testimonies.
120 My flesh shuddereth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
My flesh has trembled from Your fear, And I have been afraid from Your judgments!
121 AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
[AYIN] I have done judgment and righteousness, Do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Be surety for thy servant for good; let not the proud oppress me.
Make Your servant sure for good, Do not let the proud oppress me.
123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
My eyes have been consumed for Your salvation. And for the saying of Your righteousness.
124 Deal with thy servant according to thy loving-kindness, and teach me thy statutes.
Do with Your servant according to Your kindness. And teach me Your statutes.
125 I am thy servant; give me understanding that I may know thy testimonies.
I [am] Your servant—cause me to understand, And I know Your testimonies.
126 It is time for Jehovah to work: they have made void thy law.
Time for YHWH to work! They have made Your law void.
127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold, yea, above fine gold.
Therefore I have loved Your commands Above gold—even fine gold.
128 Therefore I regard all [thy] precepts concerning all things to be right: I hate every false path.
Therefore all my appointments I have declared wholly right, I have hated every path of falsehood!
129 PE. Thy testimonies are wonderful; therefore doth my soul observe them.
[PE] Your testimonies [are] wonderful, Therefore my soul has kept them.
130 The entrance of thy words giveth light, giving understanding unto the simple.
The opening of Your words enlightens, Instructing the simple.
131 I opened my mouth wide and panted; for I longed for thy commandments.
I have opened my mouth, indeed, I pant, For I have longed for Your commands.
132 Turn unto me, and be gracious unto me, as thou art wont to do unto those that love thy name.
Look to me, and favor me, As customary to those loving Your Name.
133 Establish my steps in thy word; and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Establish my steps by Your saying, And any iniquity does not rule over me.
134 Deliver me from the oppression of man; and I will keep thy precepts.
Ransom me from the oppression of man, And I observe Your precepts,
135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.
Cause Your face to shine on Your servant, And teach me Your statutes.
136 Mine eyes run down with streams of water, because they keep not thy law.
Streams of waters have come down my eyes, Because they have not kept Your law!
137 TZADE. Righteous art thou, Jehovah, and upright are thy judgments.
[TSADE] You [are] righteous, O YHWH, And Your judgments [are] upright.
138 Thou hast commanded thy testimonies in righteousness and exceeding faithfulness.
You have appointed Your testimonies, Righteous and exceedingly faithful,
139 My zeal destroyeth me, because mine oppressors have forgotten thy words.
My zeal has cut me off, For my adversaries forgot Your words.
140 Thy word is exceeding pure, and thy servant loveth it.
Your saying [is] tried exceedingly, And Your servant has loved it.
141 I am little and despised: thy precepts have I not forgotten.
I [am] small, and despised, I have not forgotten Your precepts.
142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is truth.
Your righteousness [is] righteousness for all time, And Your law [is] truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold upon me: thy commandments are my delights.
Adversity and distress have found me, Your commands [are] my delights.
144 The righteousness of thy testimonies is for ever: give me understanding, and I shall live.
The righteousness of Your testimonies [Is] to cause me to understand, and I live!
145 KOPH. I have called with [my] whole heart; answer me, O Jehovah: I will observe thy statutes.
[QOF] I have called with the whole heart, Answer me, O YHWH, I keep Your statutes,
146 I call upon thee; save me, and I will keep thy testimonies.
I have called You, save me, And I keep Your testimonies.
147 I anticipate the morning-dawn and I cry: I hope in thy word.
I have gone forward in the dawn, and I cry, I have hoped for Your word.
148 Mine eyes anticipate the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy word.
My eyes have gone before the watches, To meditate on Your saying.
149 Hear my voice according to thy loving-kindness: O Jehovah, quicken me according to thy judgment.
Hear my voice, according to Your kindness, YHWH, quicken me according to Your judgment.
150 They have drawn nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
My wicked pursuers have been near, They have been far off from Your law.
151 Thou, Jehovah, art near, and all thy commandments are truth.
You [are] near, O YHWH, And all Your commands [are] truth.
152 From thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
I have known Your testimonies of old, That You have founded them for all time!
153 RESH. See mine affliction, and deliver me; for I have not forgotten thy law.
[RESH] See my affliction, and deliver me, For I have not forgotten Your law.
154 Plead my cause, and redeem me: quicken me according to thy word.
Plead my plea, and redeem me, Quicken me according to Your saying.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked; for they seek not thy statutes.
Salvation [is] far from the wicked, For they have not sought Your statutes.
156 Many are thy tender mercies, O Jehovah; quicken me according to thy judgments.
Your mercies [are] many, O YHWH, Quicken me according to Your judgments.
157 Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies.
My pursuers and adversaries are many, I have not turned aside from Your testimonies.
158 I beheld them that deal treacherously, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
I have seen treacherous ones, And grieve myself, Because they have not kept Your saying.
159 See how I have loved thy precepts: quicken me, O Jehovah, according to thy loving-kindness.
See, for I have loved Your precepts, YHWH, quicken me according to Your kindness.
160 The sum of thy word is truth, and every righteous judgment of thine is for ever.
The sum of Your word [is] truth, And every judgment of Your righteousness [is] for all time!
161 SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
[SHIN] Princes have pursued me without cause, And my heart was afraid because of Your words.
162 I have joy in thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
I rejoice concerning Your saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
163 I hate and abhor falsehood; thy law do I love.
I have hated falsehood, indeed I detest [it], I have loved Your law.
164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
Seven [times] in a day I have praised You, Because of the judgments of Your righteousness.
165 Great peace have they that love thy law, and nothing doth stumble them.
Those loving Your law have abundant peace, And they have no stumbling-block.
166 I have hoped for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and have done thy commandments.
I have waited for Your salvation, O YHWH, And I have done Your commands.
167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies, and I love them exceedingly.
My soul has kept Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly.
168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies; for all my ways are before thee.
I have kept Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You!
169 TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, Jehovah: give me understanding according to thy word.
[TAW] My loud cry comes near before You, O YHWH; Cause me to understand according to Your word.
170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
My supplication comes in before You, Deliver me according to Your saying.
171 My lips shall pour forth praise when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
My lips utter praise, For You teach me Your statutes.
172 My tongue shall speak aloud of thy word; for all thy commandments are righteousness.
My tongue sings of Your saying, For all Your commands [are] righteous.
173 Let thy hand be for my help; for I have chosen thy precepts.
Your hand is for a help to me, For I have chosen Your commands.
174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah, and thy law is my delight.
I have longed for Your salvation, O YHWH, And Your law [is] my delight.
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
My soul lives, and it praises You, And Your judgments help me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments.
I wandered as a lost sheep, [so] seek Your servant, For I have not forgotten Your precepts!
